Type-gage



C. T. KAMMEYER.

TYPE GAGE.

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Patnted Oct. 5, 1920.

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0F NIAGARA.

FALLS, NEW YORK.

TYPErGAGE.

Application filed October To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that l, CHARLES T. KAM- MEYER, King of Great Brit- NiagaraFalls, in the county State of 4New and useful Improveof which thefollowof Niagarav and invented certain new mentsiin Type-Gages, in is aspecification.

y invention relates to type gages, and more particularly to a computinggage adapted for use by authors;V advertising writers; prepa-refs ofcopies of catalogues and magazines; hand compositorsg linotype andmonotype operators. i

One o the objects of my invention is the rovision of a gage whereby acompositor or like artisan, knowing the size o he in which manuscriptsare to y determine the size of type to be used ts within suoli space orspaces whether such space or spaces are of square, rectangular, orirregular Jformation.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a gage which will aidin rapidly converting manuscript into type form when the mattercontained in such manuscript is distributed throughout numerous smallspaces, whether of regular or irregular formation, giving the desiredresult as to the size of type and number oi words to be set 'into each osaid spaces.

Another object is the provision of a gage for computing the number ofwords to a square inch o r to a line before setting the type.

Another object is, to provide means for any writer, evenfthough notamiliar with type faces or the sizes of type, to determine how muchmatter `to write for are the "provision of a to determine fit Furtherobjects arrange type matter to Y `shaped 'works of art, so `as to alhitehow' to space or around l irregular' `space around the cut;tof.=provide` agage be offbeiief'it in various `other ways f for p 4 0which`v considerredetermined.- space,

viriithin any ormatiom flar or irregular th'slenwmr 7 'di printed matterf "To Specification of Letters Patent.

cuts, such as used producing attractive I .effects in aber ist saved"insetting up invention consists lin a sthereon Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

3, 1916. Serial N0. 123,513.

printed with a certain size or sizes of type, the printed mattercovering a certain space measured by square inches or otherwise, thesize of the space being known to the user of the gage so that he maycompute the size of the space to which the type form is to be set forprinting therefrom.

It also consists in a gage having printed thereon `in a space or spacesof known square or other area measurement, matter forme of averagelengths of words, such matter being printe with a certain size or sizeso type from which the user may ascertain the number of words of ordinarylength within such space or each of such spaces and ascertain the sizeof the space, whether regular or irregular, which is to be supplied withprinted matter, and also compute the size of type that may e used forbest effect and results within such space.

It further consists in a gage divided into a number of spaces, each ofcertain square measurement ;-for example, a certain number of lsquareinches-and having across said spaces 4'printed matter printed with acertain size4 of type, thus giving-the number of words printed with saidtype on each oi' all of said spaces, whereby the user may determinewhether a certain manuscript intended to be printed within a known spacecan be printed with the type on said gage, or

It further consists in a computing gage having its face divided intocertain spaces of known square or other areal measurement, in each ofwhich matter is printed wit a size of type dilerent from the other spaceor spaces, and having such printed spaces sub-divided into smallerspaces o `own s uare or other areal measurement,-for example, squareinches-toenable the user' Vto measure a certain space 'ing and compute`t able of being printed within suchfavailof thelsizes of type printed yof suc vgage,or to enable the user to ascertain the size of type(printing mat read- Vjustin printe matter printed in. a space of dierent formation than the said available space. i

,1 `It `,tui-ther consists ent materialfdivided into spacesl and ed totcriminals" 1; of t such thereon informing the user of the number upon toinclude other sizes if desired, o1'. of Words of ordinary length whichmay be additional gages may be provided forlarger printed in each ofsaid spaces with dilfersizes of t pe. The raduations in the scale entsize type, and the number of Words in a portion are inten ed to be usedfor ascerline 24 ems wide printed with different size taining the numberof lines in any column 7i type, thus enabling the user, knowing the ofprinted matter. By printing or othernumber of words to be printed, toascertain Wise applying these graduations to the face rapidly andaccurately the size of type to of the transparent gage along the scalepoi'- be used for printing the complete matter tion F, the number oflines in columns of Within the space, and also'to determine the variouslengths and in any size of type in- 74 number of Words or the number oflines in eluded within the range on said scale pora column, after havingascertained the tion can be easily and conveniently measured length ofthe column. without resorting to the use of different It furtherconsists in a gage havin a measuring devices or turning the scale fromscale by means of which the number of lines one edge to another, as isthe common prac- 8f in a column printed in any of certain size tice withscales now in use. In the spaces E, type may be ascertained and byresorting printed matter is represented by dotted to the table abovereferred to, also ascertain lines G, such matter being printed with typethe number of Words in such column, and it of different sizes, thesizeof' type being infurther consists in the novel features and dicatedby the dotted lines with dots of dif- 8 arrangement of parts to behereinafter deferent lengths and thickness. One of the scribed andparticularly pointed out in the spaces E has, for example,- matterprinted subjoined claims. or otherwise ap lied thereto in six point Inthe drawingstype; a second as such matter in seven Figure 1 is a planview of Iny Improved point type; a third in ten point ty e; a 9 gage inwhat I now consider its preferred fourth m twelve point type, and a iith in orm. fourteen point, but it is apparent that each Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same. of these s aces may be utilized for any other Thegage may be of any desired length, desired size than that shown on thedrawfor instance, 12 inches, divided into a numinge In one 0f he SpacesE, a table I' is 9. ber 0f Sections suitably Connected for `foldprintedgiving the number 0f medium sized ing so that it may be carried in onespocket words to a line 24 ems wide when printed in and be accessible atall times for use. each of the sizes of ty e shown in the sev- In thepreferred construction the gage eral spaces E and a so the number` ofcomprises three sections A, B, and C pivotmedium sized Words of eachsize of type 1i ally connected together, as at D, by means that willoccupy a square inch, of eyelets, or otherwise, so that it may be Eachof the s acesvE is sub-divided into folded and reduced in length toone-third smaller spaces by lines J crossing the of its length whenopened or extended. The space E, each of such smaller spaces being gageis preferablv made o f transparent I napreferably a square inch inmeasurement 1` terial, such as s eet Celluloid or the like, which forconvenience would be the unit of cut into the desired lengths andconnected measurement used, but these sub-divisions together as stated.The section A, which so formed may be of smaller or larger is theuppermost or left hand section, is of square or other areal measurementthan a shorter length than the remaining sections square inch withoutdepartin from the rin- 1 and, in the drawings, said section A is repcile involved. The lines are space one resented as 4 inches in length andvoverinch apart and although not so shown in lapping the adjacent endportion of the adthe drawings are by preference, extended joiningsection, the exposed portion of throu h the scale ortion F, so that thewhich latter section is also 4 inches in lengthg of a printedJ columnmay be ascer- 1 lenV h and overlaps the end section at the tained andalso the number of lines in printrig t of the gage, said last-mentionedseced columns of any given length, when printtion having its exposedportion replresented ed in any of the sizes of type scaled on said inthe drawin as 4 inches in len scale rtion.

The face o each section is divided into In etermining the size of typeto be used 1` a number of spaces E, which are preferabl in an allottedspace, when setting type from rectangular and divided by lines K, eac nmanuscript, or from a printed form which space occupying the full lengthof the secis to be readjusted to ft the allotted space tion A, B, or C,as the ease may be, and onewhen, of different proportions or shape thanthird the height of each section; and along the form, it is .onlynecesary to ascertain 1 the-ma innl portion of the gage throughthenumber of words used in such manuout the ull length thereof fis a scaleportion script or form, lace the gage upon such a1- having graduationswhich apply tn diflotted space, w ich gives the Anumber of ferent sizesof ty which range from agate square inches contained in said space, thento 14 point size, ut which may be enlarged determineY the size of t bythe number 1r of words in any of the divisions printed upon the samenumber of square inches. If, for example it is found that seven pointtype would not properly ll the allotted space, the division E containingthe ten point type will be used to determine whether the allotted spaceWill be fully occupied by printing with ten point type. If the matter tobe printed contains words of greater length than the average size, dueallowance can be made for the same, and without difficulty the exactsize of type required to properly print upon the allotted space in anattractive manner can be `readily computed. The writer or compositorwill therefore know how effective his matter will look before setting upthe type, and considerable time and labor will be saved by reason of thefact that when once set into type, assurance is had that the space willbe properl printed without resetting the type in di erent sizes,as isnow often required. Of course due allowance is to be made for displaylines, headings, and figures for catalogues or newspaper advertisements.

Arranging printed matter around irregular shaped cuts can be as readilyaccomplished with this transparent ga e as straight printed matter,since by p acing any of the spaces E over the irregular space, the exactnumber of words in each line required to fill such irregular space canbe easily determined. In fact, in such cases the sub-divisions of thespaces E may be disregarded, since b knowing the number of words to beprinted in a given space the transparency of the gage will enable theuser to place the selected size of type set into words on the gagedirectly over the space to be printed, and such of the words as properlyoccupy the allotted space can then be counted, thereby enabling the userto determine whether the size of type selected on the gage would beproper to print the known matter in said space or whether a smaller orlarger size of type is required. The use of a gage of this kind will cutdown the cost of composition work to a considerable degree andeliminates guess work. It further increases speed and avoids re-settingmatter on account of being too large or too small for a given space.Furthermore, by printing a gage of this kind on transparent material, itcan be used over what is generally termed the lav-out sheet.

Where in the claims sque re measurement is employed with reference tothe space or spaces` on my improved gage, it is not intended to meanthat such space or spaces must be square; on the contrary, it is to beunderstood that the space or each of the spaces may be of anygeometrical or other outline and that each space contains a square unitof measurement or a certain number of square units of measurement, andthat such units of square measurement may be square inches or larger orsmaller than square inches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,-

1. A printers gage formed of transparent material and adapted to beplaced over a space of any size and outline in which a given quantity ofmatter is to be printed, said gage being divided into spaces whose faceshave printed or otherwise apphed thereto matter corresponding todifferent designated sizes of type, each space being subdivided intosmaller spaces of any desired unit of areal measurement whereby theproper type can be selected to print a known quantity of matter in anygiven space to properly occupy said space.

2. A printers gage of the kind described, having its face divided intospaces and each space having matter printed or otherwise applied thereonWith the lines in each space printed with type designated as to size andhaving the type in each space of diierent size from that of the otherspace or spaces, said spaces being subdivided into smaller spaces ofgiven square measurements, the whole serving to enable a printer toselect the proper type to print manuscript in any given space.

3. A printers gage of the kind described, formed of transparent materialand having a space thereon occupied with printed matter of a designatedsize of type, said space being subdivided by divisional lines extendingthrough the printed matter and each of sald subdivisions representing acertain square measurement.

4. A printers gage of the kind described having a plurality of spaces,each space being occupied with continuous printed matter, that of eachspace being printed Jfrom different and designated sized type from thatof the other spaces and each space being sub-divided by divisional linesrunning through said printed matter, the subdivisions formed by saiddivisional lines being of certain known square measurement and servingas'the unit of measurement, and a table thereon indicating the number ofwords in each of the units of measurement in each of said printedspaces.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

CHARLES T. KAMMEYER.

